V_L_Raptor
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One early concept for the ride had just such a thing, built alongside the dark ride we know and love.
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One early concept for the ride had just such a thing, built alongside the dark ride we know and love.
Mickeynerd17
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I'd say those are related, but IROE presented a much deeper understanding of those themes while luminous is more surface-level.
Doesn't mean surface level is bad. I very much like to pull complex meaning out of media I am consuming, so Luminous doesn't appeal to me as much as IROE did.
UNCgolf
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Look at those show times.
How great would it be if Disney had a park like that now? Just full of attractions that lasted longer than 10 minutes.
ChrisFL
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The problem with WoM is that it felt like an "also ran" compared to the other dark rides and felt very similar in places to Spaceship Earth, but a more whimsical take on things. The advantage it had IMO was the speed tunnel sections, but nothing too crazy beyond that made it stand out.
James Alucobond
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I kind of felt this was the case for Spaceship Earth + Horizons + World of Motion and part of the reason only one remains. Yes, there were unique elements in each, but they all had very similar presentation. Horizons could have literally just been tacked onto the end of Spaceship Earth.
Disgruntled Walt
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SO if I'm losing out on getting to see Dinosaur next summer, will I at least get to see the new Test Track if I'm there in July? It sure seems like it, at the rate they're going. When someone else is paying the bills, it really helps them work quickly!
PizzaPlanet
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But the park did have somewhat thrilling rides early on like Maelstrom and Body Wars… I think most agree those fit well.
I don’t think short attention spans were the only problem, probably more so that Epcot had too many similar rides. Kinda how Universal has a lot of 3D screen based rides
Mr. Sullivan
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I am no insider myself, but I do personally know one or two that I trust and based off of their knowledge of things, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t open by your trip.
aladdin2007
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downgrades compared to what was, points of light aside (though for what they spent on those lights we could have had an improved attraction inside by now.) All the rest designed for consolidation and budget downgrades offering less than before especially the store.
Bill in Atlanta
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Very cool chart, thanks for sharing! A few surprises in there for sure.
WaluigiTime
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With a wait time of an average of 7 minutes I would have gone on Horizons so many times.
Bocabear
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I did! It was amazing!
SplashJacket
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IMO WoM was the best future world attraction. As others have pointed out, the relative change in quality from WoM to Test Track is far less than some of the others, despite a very different ride experience.
Overall, I definitely think the replacement matters more than the original in terms of being sad about losing attractions. ToT is a massive loss, but Guardians is a great ride. Energy is an “Epcot classic” that more of us experienced yet there’s very little nostalgia for it.
Really excited for this Test Track update, should be a marked improvement.
Overall, I definitely think the replacement matters more than the original in terms of being sad about losing attractions. ToT is a massive loss, but Guardians is a great ride. Energy is an “Epcot classic” that more of us experienced yet there’s very little nostalgia for it.
Really excited for this Test Track update, should be a marked improvement.
UNCgolf
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I have nostalgia for Energy!
But I'm also one of the apparently very small number of people who doesn't think Cosmic Rewind is great -- not bad, but just pretty underwhelming from both a Guardians IP aspect and a themed attraction aspect, and I'd much rather ride a modern, updated take on Energy -- so I'm sure that's part of it.
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SplashJacket
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Yeah that’s exactly what I mean. I have nostalgia for it too, but not in the same way that many people have for Horizons (and MS is often seen as a downgrade).
danlb_2000
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Chef idea Mickey`=
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It's a toss up!
While Innovention's may look like the 2000's/90's it had a retro Epcot vibe of that era. Creation's and Connection's is brighter but has no Epcot vibe whatsoever other than being there. The horrible Communicore Hall is even worse tho and it's doesn't even look like something 2024 so to say Innovention's looks outdated this is not even the direction Creations and Connection's are going. Would you rather Communicore Hall was the same as Creation's and Connection's Eatery? although that was the original building retooled.
Bocabear
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The original Communicore buildings had some nice modernist architectural lines...a real reason why 40 years later they can be opened back up to their original intent and still look great and current.... Communicore Hall doesn't look great...even at it's debut... I doubt it will look great in 40 years... It was a waste of money. the entire destruction of Communicore West was a gigantic waste of money. All of the things that people wanted in the central core could have been achieved without demolishing the buildings... In the end, the comparison is going to be This urban business park against Celestial Park at Epic Universe... They knew what was coming.... and chose this.
